Old Testament

Genesis [50] - the beginning of everything states,
Exodus [40] - Israel's flight from Egypt relates.
Leviticus [27] - records the Jewish God-giv'n laws
Numbers [36] - the Israelites' numbers, also their flaws.
Deuteronomy [34] - the last words of Moses scan.
Joshua [24] - the grand taking of the promised land.
Judges [21] - highlights Deliverers God sends to save,
Ruth [4] - heralds David's Moabite ancestor, brave.
I Samuel [31] - paints King Saul's reign, David's to come,
II Samuel [24] - David's and Solomon's Kingdom.
I Kings [22] - shows the split to Judah and Israel,
II Kings [25] - narrates how both to captivity fell.
I Chronicles [29] - details hist'ry of David's reign,
II Chronicles [36] - Judah's till captivity came.
Ezra [10] - the rebuilding of the Temple recalls,
Nehemiah [13] - likewise for Jerusalem's walls.
Esther [10] - a Jewish Queen in Persia, saves the Jews.
Job [42] - needs all his righteousness to withstand bad news.
Psalms [150] - hymns and pray'rs to God, provide inspiration.
Proverbs [31] - gives words of pure wisdom from Solomon.
Ecclesiastes [12] - "the teacher's" words on life,
Song Of Solomon [8] - love songs, future man and wife.
Isaiah [66] - prophet, gives Jews Messianic hope,
Jeremiah [52] - warns them, in vain, of end of rope;
Lamentations [5] - come from him when his words come true,
Ezekiel [48] - visions give hope to captive few.
Daniel [12] - visions show future, from Babylon,
Hosea [14] - whore-wife mirrors Judah's deception.
Joel [3] - the coming of God's Spirit, last days,
Amos [9] - shepherd-prophet, rebukes Israel's ways.
Obadiah [1] - prophesies Edom's destruction,
Jonah [4] - runs from call; gets whale of a reception.
Micah [7] - sees man, end-times, head Jerusalem's way,
Nahum [3] - foretells God's wrath/judgement on Nineveh.
Habakkuk [3] - wonders why evil's unchecked, and prays,
Zephaniah [3] - warns Judah of judgement, gives praise.
Haggai [2] - words the rebuilding of the Temple paved,
Zechariah [14] - says Jerusalem will be saved.
Malachi [4] - warns Elijah will again be sent,
These the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament.